CHANGE THE INDIRECT TO THE DIRECT SPEECH SENTENCES 1. Anita told Rudi that they would see a musical concert the next afternoo. 2. My little brother asked if he might join the game. 3. Helen says that her parents visited London a month before. 4. The teacher ordered us to finish our assignment then. 5. Anne explained that the earth moves around.
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DIRECT-INDIRECT SPEECH
1. Anita told Rudi, "We will see a musical concert tomorrow afternoon."
2. My little brother asked, "May I join the game?"
3. Helen says, "My parents visited London last month."
4. The teacher ordered us, "Finish your assignment now!"
5. Anne explained, "The earth moves around."
EXPLANATION
Use the direct speech If you want to report what someone said by giving the exact words. Here are rules of changing indirect to direct speech:
- Erase the conjunctions like "that, to, if, whether and etc."
- Use the reporting verb "tell" or "told" in its proper tense
- Use quotation marks, question mark, fullstop, exclamation
- Use comma before the statement
- If the principal verb is in the past tense, convert the past tense into present tense
- Do not change the tense if the statement refers to a general truth.
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Details
Grade: XII
Subject: English
Category: Sentence structure
Code: 12.5.6
Keywords: indirect, direct speech
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